Editing Rahm Emanuel (section)

===Democratic Caucus chairman===
After his role in helping the Democrats win the 2006 elections, Emanuel was believed to be a leading candidate for the position of [[Party whips of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Whip]]. Nancy Pelosi, who became the next [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]], persuaded him not to challenge [[Jim Clyburn]], but instead to succeed Clyburn in the role of [[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chairman]]. In return, Pelosi agreed to assign the caucus chair more responsibilities, including "aspects of strategy and messaging, incumbent retention, policy development, and rapid-response communications". Caucus vice-chair [[John B. Larson|John Larson]] remained in his role instead of running for the chairman position.<ref name="WP_Babington_20061110">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110901764.html|title=Reid, Pelosi Expected to Keep Tight Rein in Both Chambers|last1=Babington|first1=Charles|first2=Jonathan|last2=Weisman|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 10, 2006|page=A12|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108023848/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110901764.html|archive-date=November 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> After Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] asserted that he did not fall within the bounds of orders set for the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]], Emanuel called for cutting off the $4.8 million the Executive Branch provides for the Vice President's office.<ref name="Politico_Allen_20070627">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Mike|title=Dems force Cheney to flip-flop on secret doc|publisher=[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]].com|date=June 27, 2007|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4679.html|access-date=June 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629154202/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4679.html|archive-date=June 29, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>